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RNA-Seq of untreated wastewater to assess COVID-19 and emerging and endemic viruses for public health surveillance (2023)
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Stockdale, S. R., Blanchard, A. M., Nayak, A., Husain, A., Nashine, R., Dudani, H., …Monaghan, T. M. (2023). RNA-Seq of untreated wastewater to assess COVID-19 and emerging and endemic viruses for public health surveillance. The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia, 14, Article 100205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100205

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic showcased the power of genomic sequencing to tackle the emergence and spread of infectious diseases. However, metagenomic sequencing of total microbial RNAs in wastewater has the potential to assess multiple infectio... Read More about RNA-Seq of untreated wastewater to assess COVID-19 and emerging and endemic viruses for public health surveillance.

The use of theories, models, and frameworks to inform the uptake of evidence-based practices in veterinary medicine - a scoping review (2023)
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Reyneke, R. A., Richens, I. F., Buchanan, H., Bethan Davies, E., Sorrell, C., Ashmore, A., & Brennan, M. L. (2023). The use of theories, models, and frameworks to inform the uptake of evidence-based practices in veterinary medicine - a scoping review. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 216, Article 105928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105928

Evidence-based practices (EBPs) provide strategies to improve the health, welfare and productivity of animal species. However, ensuring implementation and uptake into routine practice of these EBPs is often challenging. In human health research, one... Read More about The use of theories, models, and frameworks to inform the uptake of evidence-based practices in veterinary medicine - a scoping review.

Herd health: approach to assessing fertility data quality (2023)
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Reynolds, J., & Hudson, C. (2023). Herd health: approach to assessing fertility data quality. In Practice, 45(4), 222-230. https://doi.org/10.1002/inpr.311

Background: Farm animal veterinarians are increasingly using routinely collected farm data to assess performance and enable implementation of preventive management changes on farm. Furthermore, the significance of data collection and data management... Read More about Herd health: approach to assessing fertility data quality.

Editorial: Community series - innovative approaches in diagnosis of emerging/re-emerging infectious diseases, volume II (2023)
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Foster, T., & Khaiboullina, S. (2023). Editorial: Community series - innovative approaches in diagnosis of emerging/re-emerging infectious diseases, volume II. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, Article 1193841. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1193841

Editorial on the Research Topic: Community series - innovative approaches in diagnosis of emerging/re-emerging infectious diseases, volume II

Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Phage Collection against Avian-Pathogenic Escherichia coli (2023)
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Nicolas, M., Trotereau, A., Culot, A., Moodley, A., Atterbury, R., Wagemans, J., …Schouler, C. (2023). Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Phage Collection against Avian-Pathogenic Escherichia coli. Microbiology Spectrum, 11(3), Article e04296-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.04296-22

The increase in antibiotic-resistant avian-pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC), the causative agent of colibacillosis in poultry, warrants urgent research and the development of alternative therapies. This study describes the isolation and characteriz... Read More about Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Phage Collection against Avian-Pathogenic Escherichia coli.

Targeting DNA damage repair precision medicine strategies in cancer (2023)
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Brownlie, J., Kulkarni, S., Algethami, M., Jeyapalan, J. N., Mongan, N. P., Rakha, E. A., & Madhusudan, S. (2023). Targeting DNA damage repair precision medicine strategies in cancer. Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 70, Article 102381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coph.2023.102381

DNA repair targeted therapeutics is a promising precision medicine strategy in cancer. The development and clinical use of PARP inhibitors has transformed lives for many patients with BRCA germline deficient breast and ovarian cancer as well as plati... Read More about Targeting DNA damage repair precision medicine strategies in cancer.

Temporal trends in equine sperm progressive motility: a systematic review and meta-regression (2023)
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Harris, I. T., Maddock, C., Farnworth, M., Nankervis, K., Perrett, J., Pyatt, A. Z., & Blanchard, R. N. (2023). Temporal trends in equine sperm progressive motility: a systematic review and meta-regression. Reproduction, 165(6), M1–M10. https://doi.org/10.1530/REP-22-0490

In brief: Adverse trends in reproductive function are a concern in humans, companion, livestock, and wildlife species. This study indicates that equine populations are at risk of a comparable decline in sperm progressive motility. Abstract: There is... Read More about Temporal trends in equine sperm progressive motility: a systematic review and meta-regression.

The antioxidant protein glutaredoxin 1 is essential for oxidative stress response and pathogenicity of Toxoplasma gondii (2023)
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Li, T.-T., Zhao, D.-Y., Liang, Q.-L., Elsheikha, H. M., Wang, M., Sun, L.-X., …Wang, J.-L. (2023). The antioxidant protein glutaredoxin 1 is essential for oxidative stress response and pathogenicity of Toxoplasma gondii. The FASEB Journal, 37(6), Article e22932. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.202201275r

Glutaredoxins (Grxs) are ubiquitous antioxidant proteins involved in many molecular processes to protect cells against oxidative damage. Here, we study the roles of Grxs in the pathogenicity of Toxoplasma gondii. We show that Grxs are localized in th... Read More about The antioxidant protein glutaredoxin 1 is essential for oxidative stress response and pathogenicity of Toxoplasma gondii.

A Prospective Cohort Study Investigating the Impact of Neutering Bitches Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally on Physical Development (2023)
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Moxon, R., Freeman, S. L., Payne, R., Godfrey-Hunt, J., Corr, S., & England, G. C. W. (2023). A Prospective Cohort Study Investigating the Impact of Neutering Bitches Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally on Physical Development. Animals, 13(9), Article 1431. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13091431

No previous large prospective cohort studies have been identified that have investigated the impact of the surgical neutering of bitches before or after known puberty on their growth and physical development. This study was designed to examine the da... Read More about A Prospective Cohort Study Investigating the Impact of Neutering Bitches Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally on Physical Development.

Identification and characterisation of a rare MTTP variant underlying hereditary non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (2023)
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Grove, J. I., Lo, P. C., Shrine, N., Barwell, J., Wain, L. V., Tobin, M. D., …Aithal, G. P. (2023). Identification and characterisation of a rare MTTP variant underlying hereditary non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. JHEP Reports, 5(8), Article 100764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2023.100764

Background & Aims: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a complex trait with an estimated prevalence of 25% globally. We aimed to identify the genetic variant underlying a four-generation family with progressive NAFLD leading to cirrhosis, de... Read More about Identification and characterisation of a rare MTTP variant underlying hereditary non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Increased Clinical Signs and Mortality in IFNAR(−/−) Mice Immunised with the Bluetongue Virus Outer-Capsid Proteins VP2 or VP5, after Challenge with an Attenuated Heterologous Serotype (2023)
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Attoui, H., Mohd Jaafar, F., Monsion, B., Klonjkowski, B., Reid, E., Fay, P. C., …Mertens, P. P. C. (2023). Increased Clinical Signs and Mortality in IFNAR(−/−) Mice Immunised with the Bluetongue Virus Outer-Capsid Proteins VP2 or VP5, after Challenge with an Attenuated Heterologous Serotype. Pathogens, 12(4), Article 602. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12040602

Bluetongue is an economically important disease of domesticated and wild ruminants caused by bluetongue virus (BTV). There are at least 36 different serotypes of BTV (the identity of which is determined by its outer-capsid protein VP2), most of which... Read More about Increased Clinical Signs and Mortality in IFNAR(−/−) Mice Immunised with the Bluetongue Virus Outer-Capsid Proteins VP2 or VP5, after Challenge with an Attenuated Heterologous Serotype.

Unravelling Strain-Specific Modifications of Toxoplasma gondii tRNA and sncRNA Using LC-MS/MS (2023)
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Wang, W., Yang, Y., Guo, H., Li, M. H., Chen, X. Q., Wei, X. Y., …Zhang, X. X. (2023). Unravelling Strain-Specific Modifications of Toxoplasma gondii tRNA and sncRNA Using LC-MS/MS. Microbiology Spectrum, 11(3), Article e0356422. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03564-22

Many RNA modifications have been detected in rRNA, tRNA and small noncoding RNA (sncRNA) as well as in low-abundance RNA species such mRNA. Although RNA modifications play roles in many cellular and biological processes in various domains of life, kn... Read More about Unravelling Strain-Specific Modifications of Toxoplasma gondii tRNA and sncRNA Using LC-MS/MS.

Identification of Orbivirus Non-Structural Protein 5 (NS5), Its Role and Interaction with RNA/DNA in Infected Cells (2023)
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Mohd Jaafar, F., Monsion, B., Mertens, P. P., & Attoui, H. (2023). Identification of Orbivirus Non-Structural Protein 5 (NS5), Its Role and Interaction with RNA/DNA in Infected Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(7), Article 6845. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076845

Bioinformatic analyses have predicted that orbiviruses encode an additional, small non-structural protein (NS5) from a secondary open reading frame on genome segment 10. However, this protein has not previously been detected in infected mammalian or... Read More about Identification of Orbivirus Non-Structural Protein 5 (NS5), Its Role and Interaction with RNA/DNA in Infected Cells.

Effect of neutering timing in relation to puberty on female dog behaviour—A scoping review (2023)
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Moxon, R., Freeman, S. L., Payne, R., Corr, S., & England, G. C. W. (2023). Effect of neutering timing in relation to puberty on female dog behaviour—A scoping review. Veterinary Record, 193(1), Article e2882. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.2882

Background There are contradictory findings in the literature relating to the effects of timing of neutering on bitch behaviour that make decision making regarding neutering timing difficult. Methods A scoping review was designed to identify an... Read More about Effect of neutering timing in relation to puberty on female dog behaviour—A scoping review.

PBMC-derived extracellular vesicles in a smoking-related inflammatory disease model (2023)
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Gomez, N. E., James, V., Arkill, K. P., Nizamudeen, Z. A., Onion, D., & Fairclough, L. C. (2023). PBMC-derived extracellular vesicles in a smoking-related inflammatory disease model. European Journal of Immunology, 53(6), Article 2250143. https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.202250143

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) function as mediators of intercellular communication and as such influence the recipient cell function. EVs derived from immune cells can carry out many of the same functions as their parental cells, as they carry costimu... Read More about PBMC-derived extracellular vesicles in a smoking-related inflammatory disease model.

A multistate modeling approach to investigate long-term effects of claw horn disruption lesions and early lesion development in dairy cows (2023)
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Thomas, M., Green, M., Kypraios, T., & Kaler, J. (2023). A multistate modeling approach to investigate long-term effects of claw horn disruption lesions and early lesion development in dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2021-21749

Claw horn disruption lesions (CHDL) are a leading cause of lameness in dairy cattle, and the development, effect, and pathology of these lesions remains an open area of interest within dairy cattle health. Current literature typically attempts to mea... Read More about A multistate modeling approach to investigate long-term effects of claw horn disruption lesions and early lesion development in dairy cows.

Unravelling the clinicopathological and functional significance of replication protein A (RPA) heterotrimeric complex in breast cancers (2023)
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Algethami, M., Toss, M. S., Woodcock, C. L., Jaipal, C., Brownlie, J., Shoqafi, A., …Madhusudan, S. (2023). Unravelling the clinicopathological and functional significance of replication protein A (RPA) heterotrimeric complex in breast cancers. npj Breast Cancer, 9, Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-023-00524-3

Replication Protein A (RPA), a heterotrimeric complex consisting of RPA1, 2, and 3 subunits, is a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)-binding protein that is critically involved in replication, checkpoint regulation and DNA repair. Here we have evaluated RPA... Read More about Unravelling the clinicopathological and functional significance of replication protein A (RPA) heterotrimeric complex in breast cancers.

Modulation of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) and messenger RNA (mRNA) expression in the liver of Beagle dogs by Toxocara canis infection (2023)
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Zou, Y., Zheng, W. B., Elsheikha, H. M., He, J. J., Lu, Y. X., Wang, S., …Zhu, X. Q. (2023). Modulation of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) and messenger RNA (mRNA) expression in the liver of Beagle dogs by Toxocara canis infection. Parasites and Vectors, 16, Article 114. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05738-9

Background Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and messenger RNAs (mRNAs) play crucial roles in regulating various physiological and pathological processes. However, the role of lncRNAs and mRNAs in mediating the liver response during Toxocara canis infec... Read More about Modulation of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) and messenger RNA (mRNA) expression in the liver of Beagle dogs by Toxocara canis infection.

Longitudinal study of antimicrobial use patterns, vaccination and disease prevalence in British sheep flocks (2023)
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Davies, P. L., Hyde, R. M., & Lovatt, F. M. (2023). Longitudinal study of antimicrobial use patterns, vaccination and disease prevalence in British sheep flocks. Veterinary Record, 193(2), Article e2786. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.2786

Background: The aim of the study was to describe the longitudinal dynamics of antimicrobial use (AMU) on sheep farms and explore associations between AMU and management factors, vaccination strategies, reproductive performance and prevalence of lamen... Read More about Longitudinal study of antimicrobial use patterns, vaccination and disease prevalence in British sheep flocks.